Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen meets

STE. GENEVIEVE — The Ste. Genevieve Board of Aldermen met in regular session Thursday night in the city hall board room.

The meeting was shown live on SteGenTV Channel 991 on the Spectrum Cable Television system in Ste. Genevieve, live on the SteGenTV You Tube Channel and is now available at https://youtu.be/dQR2YjybdD4.

The aldermen approved six resolutions which were included in the consent agenda:

Resolution 2022-21: A farm lease with Byron Siebert for an agricultural operation on city managed property adjacent to the levee.

Reslution 2022-22: A farm lease with Kertz Farms for an agricultural operation on city managed property adjacent to the levee.

Resolution 2022-23: A farm lease with Earl Valle for an agricultural operation on city managed property adjacent to the levee.

Resolution 2022-24: Appointing Tim Kuenzel to the Ste. Genevieve Board of Adjustment.

Resolution 2022-25: An application for a recreational trails program grant with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources.

Resolution 2022-26: A property maintenance agreement with Glennon Roth to maintain flood buyout property.

A seventh resolution: 2022-20 dealing with an application for a FLAP grant with the county, was approved during the regular session. The resolution had been approved during a special meeting Monday, but a change was made based on communication with county officials, so the resolution was brought back to the aldermen last night for approval with the change.  The grant would provide 100 percent of the money needed replace the Fourth Street Bridge over the South Gabouri Creek. The establishment of the Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park made the grant possible. The new bridge would include a pedestrian walkway separated from motor vehicle traffic. The grant could be as much as $750,000.

The aldermen gave first round approval to two measures:

Bill No. 4467 – A proposal for professional services with Cochran Engineering for a 15-year street preventive maintenance plan.

Bill No. 4468 – An agreement with Ste. Genevieve County for 911 dispatching services for 2022.

One measure was given first and second round approval.

Bill No. 4469 – The purchase of a 2022 Ford Ranger Super Cab 4×4 for the water department for $25,611.

Following the regular session, the aldermen met in a work session to discuss a proposal to extend a driveway from the former Biltbest building to Blain Street to facilitate the movement of 50 or more tractor-trailer rigs to and from the building now occupied by  new firms.

The intersection of Blain and Highway 61 will be widened to better accommodate the truck traffic.

The meeting was shown live on SteGenTV Channel 991 on the Spectrum Cable Television system in Ste. Genevieve and globally on the SteGenTV You Tube Channel.

The meeting can be seen now at https://youtu.be/dQR2YjybdD4